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. iowa and new hampshire, they are aç winnowing process, sout carolina picks presidents. that is what you do. >> that was rick perry in south carolina, he is doing his pregame warm up before his rivals land in the state tomorrow. that is his favorite rick perry shot. he is stretching it out in spandex, lets talk about south carolina. its a very, very different field than new hampshire. >> politics is a blood sport in south carolina, people will take off the gloves. people in 08 with huckabee...

After the results come in tonight and over the next several days. how is this going to affect the views of republicans nationwide, and well have to wait and see. >> you have a couple things going on here. one is the acceptable. the other thing, and this applies to all candidates on both sides, how enthusiastic are you about them, and is that something that perhaps even a more critical measure? >> well, it can be a critical measure, but john mccain came out of new hampshire back in 08 and, of cou...

And everybody else, they just are extras. >> i think thats a little over the top. im sorry. >> that is not. whether youre talking about rahm emanual, who is blocked out. whether youre talking about bill daley, who is blocked out. these arent people who are new to politics. i want to know when this story is going to start being written. it explains why this white house is having trouble -- >> its not like theres been some mass exodus. >> joe is right about this presidents nature. you walk around ...

Capital may give opponents what theyre been looking for. two guys that control that, jeff, national correspondent for the "new york times" and john thin, senior political reporter for politico. mr. martin, how bad has romney been damaged in the last 48 hours? >> reminds meow newt closed in iowa. couldnt believe he was closing that poorly. i think for newt it hurt him there. romney, hurt him some. talking about degrees here, in the short term. could cause romney to tick down, mid- mid-30s, perhap...

Jim demints legislation, i would support that of repealing that legislation that forces states to make that decision to be a right to work rather than all of this country being right to work. listen, im not anti-union. im pro job. the way you promote this countrys rehabilitation from the obama administrations attack on job creation is by taxes and regulation, particularly the regulatory side and pulling those regulations that have gone forward over the course of the last, since 08 and test them ...

Taxes and regulation, particularly the regulatory side and pulling those regulations that have gone forward over the course of the last, since 08 and test them all. do they create jobs or do they kill jobs? if they kill jobs, you throw them out. that will make more difference in this country from the standpoint -- im a right to work guy. i come from a right to work state. if new hampshire wants to become the magnet for job creation, you pass that right to work wedge lags in this state. [ applaus...

Work. jim demints legislation, i would support that of repealing that legislation that forces states to make that decision to be a right to work rather than all of this country being right to work. listen, im not anti-union. im pro job. the way you promote this countrys rehabilitation from the obama administrations attack on job creation is by taxes and regulation, particularly the regulatory side and pulling those regulations that have gone forward over the course of the last, since 08 and test...

Only 44% in january of this year. in 08, 31% said they were fair to poor. so you get this sense that people are really saying the field doesnt excite us. >> thats right. but they have been saying all year that the field doesnt excite them. and its actually pretty bad for the republican party that the enthusiasm level has gone down rather than up. as the primary season has gone on. so, you know, i agree with that, that its a problem. ive talked to a lot of voters here who say its a foregone concl...

Demographic changes therement, but what happened to romney is ifs a front runner and people believes he runs south carolina, he may be running against himself. just as we saw in 08 in new hampshire. we saw, you know, when obama went to iowa, now, there was no favorite person in new hampshire. everyone said if he won new hampshire it was the last minute which i frankly predicted i thought would happen and happened before. new hampshire voters said no, its too soon to wrap this up. romney could ha...

Demographic changes therement, but what happened to romney is ifs a front runner and people believes he runs south carolina, he may be running against himself. just as we saw in 08 in new hampshire. we saw, you know, when obama went to iowa, now, there was no favorite person in new hampshire. everyone said if he won new hampshire it was the last minute which i frankly predicted i thought would happen and happened before. new hampshire voters said no, its too soon to wrap this up. romney could ha...